Sustainable Meat
Sustainable Meat – Venison is the ultimate sustainable meat Deer are wild. Even when they’re farmed, they resist domestication. This means they’re always free-range and are not intensively produced, the ultimate sustainable meat. Wild deer populations are booming In Scotland the deer population has been booming. With no natural predator left over recent years and […]
Seasonal Meat
Seasonal Meat 1. What are the deer seasons? Did you know in Scotland venison is actually available all year round? Providing you are not fussy about the species or gender of venison either roe buck or roe doe venison is available all year. Millbank Parkland Fallow venison is available from 1st August until 30th April […]
Why Venison?- 10 reasons!
Why Venison? 1. It’s leaner than farmed meats Venison has a far lower fat content than traditional farmed meats. Deer meat has not undergone selective breeding to increase fat content, which domestic animals have. Deer are more active and eat a natural diet as opposed to grain or corn, which is often fed to domesticated […]
White Red Deer
White Red Deer Meet “Wit” our white Red Deer Stag How Rare are White Deer? The British Deer Society regularly receives queries about white deer and how rare they might be. Fallow In most cases, the white deer are usually fallow, a species that is widely distributed across much of the UK and for […]
Venison Recipe Ideas
Venison Steak Recipe ideas – from our customers Venison recipe ideas are something one of our long standing customers Barbra Thorley from Moffat is not short of. Barbra and her husband, Clive have always enjoyed our venison striploin medallions. Cooking local and seasonally they have come up with 3 ideas for sauces- Fennel and leek- […]
Farmers Market
Farmers Market Farmers’ and community markets are the perfect way to discover and enjoy a wealth of delicious local food and drink and beautiful hand made crafts, all created by producers and craft makers living and working in Dumfries & Galloway. Find out more about Dumfries & Galloway’s markets by exploring DG Markets Site and […]
Wood Fuel Hot Tub
Wood Fuel Hot Tub Instructions Sufficient logs will be left by the tub for you to get the tub up to temperature. Lighting the tub is easy once you have looked over the Wood Fuel Hot Tub instructions. Tubs typically take 6-8hrs to heat depending on climatic conditions. It is your pleasurable responsibility to read […]
Friday Night Treat Night Take-Away
Friday Night Treat Night from The ‘fechan Dinner, Ecclefechan. Friday Night Treat Night Take- Away is an inspirational idea from a local Truckstop, The’fechan Dinner based 300m from J19 of the M74 at Ecclecfechan. So. Introducing. Drum roll…. Friday Treat Night Takeaway The first one will be Friday 22nd January: A Taste of Scotland £15 […]
Local Producers Working Together
Local producers working together in towns and villages across Dumfries & Galloway have helped people to connect with quality local food and drink and crafts – particularly through Farmers’ Markets. Dumfries & Galloway has an abundance of fantastic artisan food producers and craft makers, creating quality products that are bursting with passion and flavour. Why […]